Lets say you are working on a word document, for example I am working on changing my resume. I opened the resume and made some changes to the document and saved and exited the document, but not before deleteting my opening paragraph because I did not like it. A few days later I decided I liked the opening paragraph and that I wanted to restore it back to my document. however I do not have a backup of my document. Well, what will I do? how do I get back the earlier version of my resume? Well, with Microsoft Vista you can restore earlier versions of a file.

To restore the file:

  • Get to the file location in Windows explorer (on the hard drive).
  • Right-click the file, and click Restore Previous Versions.
  • Pick the earlier version you want to restore.
  • You know have your old file.

This tip only works on only Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate editions support previous versions of files.